Action was caught after the board ran out 8♥9♠6♠Q♥A♣.
Alexandra Botez led out for 6,000 from the big blind.
Her opponent considered his options and eventually found a fold.
With over one and a half times the starting stack, Botez showed both her poker prowess alongside her chess expertise.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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97,600 | |
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With one of the biggest stack in the White section in Paris, Taehwan Kwon had more than 200,000 chips when he opened to 1,100 from the hijack.
From the cutoff, Jackson White raised to 3,100 chips, and only Kwon called.
The dealer fanned a flop of Q♣4♣2♠, where White bet 3,000. Kwon check-called to see the turn J♥. After Kwon checked, White added 8,000 more chips to the pot.
But Kwon didn't want to go further in this hand, so he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | |
|
195,000
195,000
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195,000 |
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57,000
57,000
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57,000 |
The player on the button raised to 1,000 and was three-bet by Ren Lin to 3,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to Lin's opponent, who called.
Lin continued for 2,000 on the J♠5♠4♠ flop and the button called.
The 6♦ came on the turn and Lin sized up for a bet of 10,000. His opponent again called.
Lin shoved on the 10♣ river, which was enough to put his opponent all in for their last 40,000.
"It's gonna take a minute" Lin's opponent said. "I guess it's a cooler."
After a couple minutes of tanking he stuck in a call and Lin showed K♠Q♠ for a flopped flush. His opponent showed he held 4♦4♥ for a set and wish his table good luck as he exited the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000
18,500
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18,500 |
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What would the World Series of Poker Main Event be without a grand entrance from Phil Hellmuth?
The "Poker Brat" showed up for the Day 1d session as P. T. Barnum from The Greatest Showman and was accompanied by his pet lion and aptly nicknamed Dan "Jungleman" Cates.
The reception to Hellmuth's arrival was warmer this summer, a stark contrast from the chorus of boos that greeted him last year.
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Tim Reilly raised to 1,000 in the hijack and three players called him including Alexane Najchaus in the small blind and Alexander Farahi in the big blind.
The flop came out K♦J♠7♥ and action checked around to the cutoff player who bet 2,100 which all three of the other players called.
Action checked through on the J♥ turn and the 8♥ river and Najchaus shook her head as she frustratingly tabled K♥J♦ for a full house which was good for the pot as all the other players mucked their hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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81,200
81,200
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81,200 |
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69,800
69,800
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69,800 |
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67,500
28,300
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28,300 |
A player in early position raised to 1,200 and got called by Brian Maney in the small blind and the player in the big blind, leading to a 5♥K♠10♥ flop.
All three players checked through to bring the 9♦ out on the turn.
Maney decided to lead into his two opponents for 1,200 and found a call in the big blind with the initial raiser folding to bring the 4♣ out on the river.
Maney led once more, again for 1,200, and after about a minute of thought, the big blind put in calling chips and watched as Maney turned over the K♣8♠.
The big blind quickly folded and the dealer collected the pot to award to Maney.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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61,900 |
Seeing a board of 5♣3♦6♣2♦ Adam Swan, who had a runner-up finish in the recent $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem event, moved all in for 44,300 from middle position.
His opponent in the cutoff went into the tank, his eyes moving back and forth as he performed the necessary calculations. Not producing the right outcome, he folded.
A friend of Swan's from a nearby table celebrated the victory, yelling, "Adam has won the Main Event!"
"Please don't put down that I won the Main Event," Swan requested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
163,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
138,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
90,100
90,100
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90,100 |
|
75,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
68,700
8,700
|
8,700 |
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64,200
4,200
|
4,200 |
|
62,900
2,900
|
2,900 |
|
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56,200
-3,800
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-3,800 |
|
|
50,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
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50,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
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47,500
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
|
17,200
-45,800
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-45,800 |
|
Busted | |
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PokerNews was called over to a lively Table #117 in Paris Purple section. All of the players have been joking and laughing every hand and enjoying the Main Event experience.
Robert Urbatsch opened the action to 800 from middle position and both David Rivas in the small blind and the big blind made the call.
The flop came K♠J♠2♣ and action checked to Urbatsch who continued for 1,100, which only Rivas called. On the 10♣ turn both players checked their options to the 2♠ river.
Once again both players tapped the table and the cards were shown. Rivas rolled over Q♣10♥ for a pair of tens, but Urbatsch opened A♠10♦ for a better kicker to score the pot.
"I beat you every time you have a queen," said Urbatsch as he stacked his chips.
Rivas let out a loud "neigh" pretending to be a horse while the whole table continued to laugh and have a good time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
96,000 | |
|
|
67,000 |
Pfizer Jordan raised to 1,000 from early position and was called by the player in the hijack.
Both players checked on the 4♣Q♦7♥ flop and then Jordan bet 2,000 on the 10♥ turn. Jordan's opponent quickly folded and Jordan added to his stack, which currently sits a bit over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
37,000
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37,000 |
